How do planets form?
Despite decades of progress in discovering planets outside our solar system, research by the OU has concluded that there is still insufficient evidence to say exactly how planets are made. The research is led by a team of OU academics headed up by Dr Helen Fraser, Senior Lecturer in Astronomy at the School of Physical Sciences.
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OU research to help transform understanding of football crowd dynamics
As the world turns its attention to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a major new Open University research project has secured £201,665 from the National Science Foundation to examine how football crowds, police forces and stadium authorities interact during high profile matches and how these interactions can be managed more safely and effectively across Europe.
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